Manuel O. Méndez

Senior Vice President Global Commercial Operations

Joined QIAGEN in October 2014
as Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations, leading sales and
marketing worldwide. Mr. Méndez has 25 years of experience in diagnostics and
life sciences, most recently as Executive Vice President Americas for
bioMérieux from 2010 – 2014. Previously he served in sales, marketing and
general management roles with Abbott Laboratories, Thermo Fisher Scientific and
OraSure Technologies – with leadership positions in the United States, Latin
America, Europe and Asian markets. He is on the advisory board of 908 Devices, a
maker of point-of-need chemical analyzers. Mr. Méndez received a B.S. in biomedical
Engineering from Boston University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management.